X-Files: Costume Effects Builder

Such a great show to be a part of! Thank you Ken Shapkin for referring me for this job. And what a job it was! I came in to the job after the first quarter of the performance. Foam foam foam foam!! It was an epic costume build surrounded by laughter I tell ya! I was able to assist in the major reconstruction of a proto-type that was built days before.

Foam construction for X-Files

After the major costume build was complete, I then transferred to breakdown of costumes for, at that point, 100 homeless/apocalyptic looking costumes.

My name is Tlaa'kwaa, I am a Nuuchaanulth First Nations woman with Diitiidaht, Kyuquot, and Coast Salish roots. My father, Art Thompson is from the Ditidaht Tribe and my mother Cathy Leo is from the Kyuquot Tribe. I am an artist – a costume & fashion designer, a writer and a graphic designer